Henry Glassford Bell
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Henry Glassford Bell was a Scottish lawyer, poet and historian.
Photographic portrait, by Thomas Annan
University of Edinburgh
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The University of Edinburgh is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially o
Henry Glassford Bell
…was a Scottish lawyer, poet and historian. Born in Glasgow, the son of advocate James Bell, he received his education at the Glasgow High School and at Edinburgh University. As a poet, he became intimate with Delta Moir, James Hogg, John Wilson (Christopher North), and others on the staff of Blackwood's Magazine, to which…
Interior dome of the McEwan Hall after restoration in 2017
Robert Rollock, Regent (1583–1586) and first principal (1586–1599) of the University of Edinburgh
Main buildings of King James' College in 1647, lying in a double courtyard on the lower left
Frontispiece to earliest laureation (graduation) register (1587)